Jonathan Quick, one of the best goaltenders in the NHL. Also one of the luckiest. How many has he batted out of the air with his glove and had no clue where it is and we just can't get to the puck before a Kings defender clears it away.....or the attacking forward shovels it into his outstretched stick when the whole top of the net is available above Quick's sprawled self. I just hate him because he will be mediocre shit for a while and then out it together when Vancouver comes to town. But he really has been very sharp tonight, and some of this is just a pissed off rant. I have noticed that his puck tracking is much better through traffic.

Or defense just fell apart there and hung Lou out to dry. Our offense can't finish tonight.

The Kings are definitely a team that the Sedins have trouble against. They play hard and always seem to get bounces against us that go in our net while we can't score for shit.

This is definitely a game to forget.

Btw.....when has Healey ever been this generous to the Canucks? I can't believe that MacLean is just sitting there and letting him pump Vancouver's tires.

MEH treatment for the Sedins in the third and deservedly so. Daniel was the goat on two goals, Hank one goal and their cycle game had descended to that of the backhanded ways of the WCE. While part of the pine slivers in their butts may be attributed to the score/rest for a back to back/nagging aches and pains, the truth is, they were loosing puck battles and outside of the opening minutes, not effective.

If Torts was resting the twins for the second of back to back, then he had thrown in the towel .... not what I want from a coach.

In a physical game played along the boards, Zach Kassian did his best Mason Raymond. I have mentioned before he needs to balance his finesse game with his physical game.

Should Hamuis be suspended for I-N-T-E-N-T to injure?

The good was watching the fourth line battle through to the final whistle.

The game was a reminder that this is still the same ole AV bunch that when counter punched by a Sutter Hit Parade Hockey in games that matter we fold like a cheap tent. Torts magic this year will only do so much, we still need a bigger element of playoff hockey grit presence on the ice so when we get counter punched by the Kings after our opening 10 minutes of pressure on Quick we won't wimp out. You could just see the team deflate from the Kings push back, until we solve that we will not go far in the playoffs. That is our achilles heel. Zack Kassian, these are the games where a player of your potential needs to rise to the occasion on. If only Sestito had your talent, or you had Sestito's ability to counter a counter punch.

We could have used Hansen and Weise last night, but this team could use some more Torres, Cookes, Clutterbuck, Kaleta types. The players everybody loves to hate.

Anyhow, everyone carry on with your elation of our typical successful regular season Presidents Trophy hockey play, there is still the ugly presence with this group of a -throw-in-the-towel, give up, cowardliness when pushed back hard that has surfaced the last two 1st round playoff knockouts.

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? - Plastics." - The Graduate

JonT21 wrote:Steady Now! The way we overreact to a win or a loss in this forum is just brutal, lets be even-tempered for once.

No wonder our fan base has a bad rep.....

Relax...I have my doubts with this group come the playoffs, not the mean nothing season. I believe those feelings are legitimate. This group has issues with teams who get in their faces. Trust me, Santorelli, Richardson and Stanton won't change that. I fully expect this team to have another wonderful regular season, however I'm not convinced that we won't see what we saw last night come the playoffs. Something wrong with that?

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? - Plastics." - The Graduate